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On cross-sectional questionnaire studies of relationships between psychosocial conditions at work and health—are they reliable?

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Theorell, T., Hasselhorn, H.M. On cross-sectional questionnaire studies of relationships between psychosocial conditions at work and health—are they reliable?. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 78, 517–522 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-005-0618-6

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